to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
action; operation; effect; function
hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
quickly; swiftly; already; before; long time ago
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
whatever the case; under any circumstances
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
choices; alternatives; options
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
joints; points (of a speech)
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
accomplishment; execution
to incur someone's enmity
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
outside world; physical world
to happen to have on hand or in stock
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
people; men and women; each person; everybody
solitude; loneliness; isolation
employment (long term); hire
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
to join together; to combine; to join up
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
not understanding; not knowing
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)